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Three Regional Banks Set to Boost Dividends

Credit Suisse cites Regions Financial, SunTrust and Zions.

November 16, 2012

Credit Suisse

We expect aggregate capital-deployment levels of U.S. regional banks to increase by 63% in 2013 year-over-year.

This is driven by both dividends being up 28% year-over-year and buybacks being up 116% year-over-year, which can rise with higher earnings-per-share payouts (56% versus 40% year-over-year)—these levels also...